ancient mesopotamia

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Iakov's Presenation: Mesopotamia's influence on modern society

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Ancient Mesopotamia By: Iakov

Mesopotamia lasted from 10000 BC to 539 BC. Ancient Mesopotamia was between two rivers Tigris and Euphrates.

Ancient Mesopotamia invented thesails. It was important forMesopotamians because they likedtrading and selling in other civilizations.

Mesopotamian sails

If Mesopotamians didn't invent sails then we wouldn’t have sails and we wouldn’t travel on water.

Measurement of timeMesopotamian invented time. They broke time in seconds, minutes and hours. It was important for Mesopotamians invented measurement of time because if they didn't invent measurement of time then they wouldn’t know what time is it.

If Mesopotamians didn't invent time we wouldn't use clocks and we wouldn't know how to measure time.

WheelsMesopotamians invented wheels. Wheels were made out of wood stone or clay. It was important for Mesopotamian invent wheels because if Mesopotamians didn’t invent wheels they wouldn’t have chariots and clay wheels. They would drag all the heavy things and they would be tired.

If Mesopotamians didn’t invent wheels than we are not going to have cars, bikes and trains,

Persuasive Paragraph About WheelI think that the wheel is the most important

because it will be hard to travel without a car or a plane. We are not going to have cars and other transportations that has wheels. We will not have door knobs. We will just travel on foot. We wouldn't have steering wheels for ships, planes and helicopters. We wouldn't have windmills because a windmill have a wheel.

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